The European Space Agency said Wednesday that scientists have discovered what might be only the third known interstellar ...

Astrophysicist Josep Trigo-Rodriguez of the Institute of Space Sciences near Barcelona, Spain, believes it is an interstellar ...

An asteroid called 2024 YR4 has been identified - and it’s heading back toward Earth with a 3.1% chance of impact by December 22, 2032. That might sound small, but it’s 1 in 32 odds - worse than ...

Measuring approximately 120 feet in width, the asteroid will fly by at a velocity of 31,204 km/h, maintaining a safe distance ...

After months of tracking and refining Asteroid 2024 YR4's orbit, NASA scientists were able to rule out an Earth strike. There's no real risk to the planet in seven years or afterward, according to the ...

Astronomers estimate that an asteroid this large comes this close to Earth only about once every 7,500 years. It also appears to be a stony, non-metallic type of asteroid known as an ordinary ...

Earth is no longer at risk of a direct collision with the asteroid 2024 YR4, but an impact on the moon in 2032 could send ...

This explorer spacecraft is heading to a rare asteroid with a naked metal core. It could hold clues to how Earth began ...

A potentially hazardous asteroid roughly the size of an aircraft carrier is due to pass within 2.8 million miles (3.5 million km) of Earth on June 5 and you can watch it happen live online.

Only one of the known Venus co-orbital asteroids follows a nearly circular orbit; the others move on more elongated paths ...